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A new upgrade with new scans of all the former smaller scans and all but 2 of the fiche-pages (the ifc & page 63 are still darkmark's).
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A freddyfly original production!

Issue: #8
Published: December 1940, Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD, Pages: 68, Editing: Edward Cronin
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Canadian price, not given in the indicia, shown on cover as "15¢ IN CANADA." Neither the preceding nor the following issue displayed this information on its cover. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	The Black Condor
Credits:	Pencils: Gill Fox ? \| Inks: Gill Fox ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset) Jane Arden (inset) Alias The Spider [Tom Hallaway] (inset) Molly The Model (inset)

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Menace of the Thinking Machines
Featuring:	The Black Condor
Synopsis:	The Condor must overcome the Chinese Lung Woe, who has created the drilling "spinning death machine" for his Nazi cohort. Unfortunately for them, the machine turns out to have a mind of its own and manufactures an army itself!
Credits:	Script: ? [as Kenneth Lewis] (signed) \| Pencils: Lou Fine \| Inks: Lou Fine
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.] Lung Woe (villain, Introduction, Death) Un-named Enemy Nazi Spy (villain, Introduction) The Spinning Deaths (villains, Introduction, Sentient Machines, All Die)

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Molly the Model
Credits:	Script: John Devlin \| Pencils: John Devlin \| Inks: John Devlin
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Molly The Model

Cartoon (1 page)
Featuring:	Off the Record
Credits:	Script: Ed Reed \| Pencils: Ed Reed \| Inks: Ed Reed
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (5 pages)	Vendrome's Electrical Weapon
Featuring:	Space Legion
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel \| Inks: Vernon Henkel
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Space Legion Rock Braddon Dr. Wadsworth Elaine Wadsworth Vendrome (first Appearance Villain Death)

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Secret of the Rex
Featuring:	Madam Fatal
Credits:	Script: Art Pinajian (signed) \| Pencils: Art Pinajian (signed) \| Inks: Art Pinajian
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Madam Fatal [Richard Stanton] Dr. Prowl (first Appearance) Thor (first Appearance) Trag (first Appearance Villain) Prof. Crane (first Appearance

Comic Story (5 pages)	Allied with the Black Shark
Featuring:	The Red Torpedo
Synopsis:	Lockhart forces the Black Shark to assist him against Axis treachery by pinning the Shark's sub, then using his ability to release a screen of oil to surround Nazi submarines poised to attack the British. After this is accomplished, the Shark hastily retreats to safety.
Credits:	Script: Henry Kiefer ? [as Drew Allen] (signed) \| Pencils: Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen] (signed) \| Inks: Henry Kiefer [as Drew Allen] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Red Torpedo [Jim Lockhart] Capt. Arville (introduction, Death) Black Shark (villain) The Nazis (villains) Herr Schaft (villain, Introduction, Death)

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Jane Arden
Credits:	Script: Monte Barrett \| Pencils: Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross] \| Inks: Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
Genre:	Drama
Characters:	Jane Arden

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Lena Pry
Credits:	Script: Monte Barret \| Pencils: Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross] \| Inks: Russell Ross [as Russell E. Ross]
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Boy and the Bank Robbers
Featuring:	Alias the Spider
Synopsis:	To save a kidnapped boy's life, the Spider doesn't hesitate to kill the kidnapper.
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Inks: Paul Gustavson (signed) \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Spider [Tom Hallaway] Chuck Bobby (introduction) The "old Timer" (introduction) Mike (villain) Spud (villain)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Saboteurs and the Train Crash
Featuring:	Lee Preston of the Red Cross
Credits:	Script: ? [as Terrence Macauley] \| Pencils: Nick Cardy \| Inks: Nick Cardy
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Lee Preston Rick Royce

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Snappy
Credits:	Script: Arthur Beeman (signed) \| Pencils: Arthur Beeman (signed) \| Inks: Arthur Beeman
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Ned Brant
Credits:	Script: Bob Zuppke \| Pencils: B. W. DePew \| Inks: B. W. DePew
Genre:	Sports
Characters:	Ned Brant

Text Story (2 pages)	Jungle Blitzkrieg
Featuring:	Eric Vale
Credits:	Script: Larry Spain \| Pencils: ? (illustrations) \| Inks: ? (illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Eric Vale

Comic Story (1 page)	The Anti-Gun Judge
Featuring:	Slap Happy Pappy
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox \| Pencils: Gill Fox \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (5 pages)	With Remote Control
Featuring:	Wizard Wells
Credits:	Script: Harry Francis Campbell \| Pencils: Henry Weston Taylor ? \| Inks: Henry Weston Taylor ?
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Wizard Wells Tug Jason Terrell (first Appearance) Betty Terrell (first Appearance) Ralph Terrell (villain) John Terrell (villain)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Rube Goldberg's Side Show
Credits:	Script: Rube Goldberg \| Pencils: Rube Goldberg \| Inks: Rube Goldberg
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (7 pages)	Stuporman
Featuring:	The Clock
Synopsis:	The Clock must find a way to overcome and defeat a super-strong and impervious pinheaded monster from Mongolia.
Credits:	Script: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed) \| Pencils: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed) \| Inks: George Brenner [as George E. Brenner] (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery Superhero
Characters:	The Clock [Brian O'Brien] Pat "Pug" Brady Stuporman (villain, Introduction, Death) Snoop Cadrone (villain, Introduction, Death)

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